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[Theory/Speculation] What do you think the gods' individual spheres of influence might be?
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So we have some information on the gods, but only a little bit:
If all of the cosmetics fit the lore in some way (even if by odd circumstances) — then what do the Angel and Demon skins represent? Are Angels aligned with the Gods? If so what would the Demons be aligned with? One of the gods? The gods on the other side of the "schism"? The more antagonistic/dark gods? Are there "Anti-Gods" (Devils?) who have their own spheres (akin to Daedric Princes from TES)? Or are the Angels and Demons more like some in other universes, lesser celestial beings beneath Gods who may or may not be allied to/enemies of the gods?
- The gods are real and do exist in this universe, and they interact with us.
- The gods are a part of a pantheon of 10 that created the universe.
- The pantheon of gods split early in the creation of the universe.
- We can choose between some of them for the six religions.
- Some of the gods are more antagonistic.
- Gods embody metaphysical concepts, not specific things. Examples of "Creation" and "Love" were given, though not necessarily confirmed. ("Goddess of the Moon" and "God of the Centaurs" were types of gods Steven said wouldn't really be a thing.)
- One god's representative symbol is the Phoenix.
- Deity of Creation/Life
- Deity of Emotion
- Deity of Death/Destruction
- Deity of Corruption/Mutation
- Deity of Purity
- Deity of Violence
- Deity of Change
- Deity of Deception/Illusion/Trickery
- Deity of Knowledge
- Deity of Time
- Deity of Chaos
- Deity of Order
- Deity of Might/Power
- Deity of Magic
If all of the cosmetics fit the lore in some way (even if by odd circumstances) — then what do the Angel and Demon skins represent? Are Angels aligned with the Gods? If so what would the Demons be aligned with? One of the gods? The gods on the other side of the "schism"? The more antagonistic/dark gods? Are there "Anti-Gods" (Devils?) who have their own spheres (akin to Daedric Princes from TES)? Or are the Angels and Demons more like some in other universes, lesser celestial beings beneath Gods who may or may not be allied to/enemies of the gods?
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While i wrote this post i thought the angel and demon might be similar to the life and death forces that clerics control, with angels being related to the life side and demons related to the death side. The clerics power might come from a divine source and that source might be related to these skins.
All we really know currently is that the various religions will provide different bonuses and augmentations to players and that shrines and temples will be used as part of the religion progression system.
I'm joking of course
(and you have a really long title, "Member, Alpha 0 Participant, Alpha 1 Stress Test alpha-stress-teste")
GLHF
What else could we have? Good question! Here a few of my guesses. Some are similar.
• Prosperity
• Fate
• Luck
• Love
• Family
• Civilization
• Crafting
• Invention
• Justice
• Vengeance
• Darkness
• Void
• Light
• Change
• Rebirth
• Restoration
• Pestilence
• War
• Famine
• Sorrow
• Discord
It'll be super interesting to see what ends up being in the game though. Hard to just sit and speculate! Can't wait.
Civilization creates settlements for people. People who are social creatures join together to create their own groups. These groups provide social structure, and most importantly order. Prior to civilization, the world existed in a state of chaos.
Science states that the universe favors actions that increase the net entropy, that is, the destruction of order, and the increase in chaos. In all systems, the breakdown of larger molecules releases energy. The metabolism of food is an energetically favorable process that increases entropy. The civilization of the natural world by Homo Sapiens decreased chaos, and instilled order.
Thus, would the deities of AoC favor civilization, if they were nature deities, whose domains are rooted in the chaotic and wild natural world? The Fire that consumed the land of Verra, and left us in the Ashes of its creation, was that an act of the deities, who favored the wild chaotic natural world, and sought to free the energy that was constrained by Order?
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So, are the Deities of AoC spirits, remnants of the bygone era? Being of Power whose natures are unchanging, like the Valar and Maiar of Middle Earth? Or are the Deities of AoC born from the collective belief in their domains, much like the Greek and Roman deities were theorized to have been?
Are clerics more attuned to the will of the gods or will they follow one above all?
is that even more so if you double down on the cleric class (highpriest) and does that help move forward and upward in a religious in-game semi-guild like a fighter's guild or fisher's guild and the like?
Does the race you pick ensure closer ties with a deity that represents the tags for that race?
Order for Kaelar, Law for Vaelune?
Pride for Empyrean? (sounds like an interesting deity, to be sure.)
Nature and balance for Py'rai? and so on.
These are the things I'm most curious about and can't wait to explore when the game releases.
-Like rage, love, Pride, Grief, Lust etc. This could also be a way to do it.
For Example, Rage=Fire
And I am asking myself, are these gods are all Human like? Since they created the world we could say that the Orcs, Elves and Humans worshiping the same gods. With the exception of the Tulnar, who has been corrupted...(like the "dark sheep " of the family)
Will the Tulnar stay with their old traditions or found they something different in the deep of the underrealm ?